DVD Ripper
 

I need a solid DVD Ripper - I am ok with paying for it but I need it in a usable format like mpeg or H.264. Would like it if I could burn to DVD from DVD (copy) as well.

Any recommendations? Hard to cut through all the BS online.

http://www.makemkv.com/

http://handbrake.fr/

I've always like DVDshrink

Magic DVD Ripper is what I paid for and it's pretty solid and easy.

I tried the MKV one before this post but it saves it as a .mkv file which I don't know what to do with. I will check out the others. Thanks guys. I would prefer to rip the DVD and watch it on Windows Media Player. This shouldnt be this difficult right?

Sounds like you need the codec to play on WMP?

http://www.windows7codecs.com/

Or, once you have it ripped as an MKV, use handbrake to convert the file to h264/mp4 and you are off to the races. IIRC, WMP has mp4 codec built in.

That makes sense. Thanks guys.

Best player I've found if watching on a computer is VLC. It just works, lots of options if you care to tweak it, and plays just about everything without searching for the correct codec.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

.MKV files are generally HD video. Any newer player should be able to play them. I think .MP4 has as good or better quality and everything plays them.